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The Nazi Party and SA were banned organizations in Weimar Germany.

• vkou 8y ago
  The Nazi party was banned in 1923, and the ban was lifted in 1925. So, not really.
  • remarkEon 8y ago
    ...and you don’t think that those two events are related?
    • vkou 8y ago
      It was a time-gated, 2 year ban. It wasn't lifted 'just because.' During the period that they were banned, they formed a shell party, the National Socialist Freedom Movement, which won a stunning 6%, followed by 3% of the vote (In the two 1924 elections). After the ban was lifted, the next election was in 1928, where they won 2.8% of the vote. Much good that ban did them, eh? I'm not sure how your point follows from the facts.
      • remarkEon 8y ago
        Point taken. The meta point still seems to stand though, which is that bans are ineffective.
  • walshemj 8y ago
    By a compliant judge as was the trial of the putschists Hitler was allowed to use the trial as propaganda and got a very soft sentence.
    • vkou 8y ago
      I suppose the moral of the story is that if you have enough of the judiciary in your pocket, then being a banned terrorist organization does not preclude you from eventually winning a minority government, and staging a coup?